Jean-Baptiste Carrier  

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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756November 16, 1794) was a French Revolutionary, known for his cruelty to his enemies, especially to clergy. He is infamous for the Noyades ("drowning") at Nantes. Carrier was guillotined on 16 November 1794.



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